On Monday, Carroll said, "With the little bits I have, no. I'm not concerned about that one bit. I'm confident that's not where this is going. The information that I have thus far, I don't think that's going to happen at all."

Even still, later, a worried Trojan fan stood up and shouted, "What's going on? We have a right to know the truth!"

Carroll responded, "Alright, I'm going to level with you all. The most important thing I ask is that you remain calm. There's no reason to panic. Now it is true that a few of our players are in trouble. Slightly in trouble. But the rest of the program is just fine, ready to pursue another run at a national title."

Same actor, different movie: you could have found a picture of him from one of the Naked Gun movies where some sort of chase ends up running into a Chinese fireworks shop. He's out in the street with the standard "show's over folks, nothing to see here, nothing to see..." as the whole stockpile of fireworks is firing overhead.

usc under carroll, has become as obnoxiously pompous as mimi under johnston, the ncaa & brand will be chasing down the n.dakota states & uof illinois, but will not get involved with bush, snoop dog, the face on the sideline for usc & the oj simpson pep talk. theis whole program is about winning & playing in the nfl. it's a disgrace. check the history of transgressions in the 5 yrs under carroll.

Until schools start knocking the crap out of dirty boosters and such the problems will continue. Looks like SC got caught this time. Some other school is not far behind. Its the nature of the business.

The NCAA needs to address compensating the players. And I don't want to here about a free education. Plenty of schools offer scholarships to students who aren't responsible for bringing in millions of dollars to the university. So that goes right out the window for me.

I don't care about bashing SC, winning breads contempt from those who can't. Just check out the nuts over at Bruins Nation. It's all SC all the time over there, and I thought it was a Bruin Blog. I just ignore it.

I mean come on, you just can't make some of this stuff up. Sanchez charged with a sex crime only hours after attending rape awareness classes.

Amazing! No one has even been convicted and it's already the "benchmark" for college corruption. Just dying to see the fall of Troy, eh? I don't like what I hear either but I know better than to jump to conclusions.

Kofi-cup said:"1. his program is pathetic and wants to see USC go so his team has a 10% chance of going from "NR" to "25"2. He is a ND/UCLA/OSU/UM fan who is tired of losing to USC."

kofi-cup.....one of your own the other day asked on a message board why everyone hates USC so much. The resounding reply came from PAC10 fans. Their reason.....arrogance. After your posts, I wonder why...

Wrong dude. If mostly came form texas fans who seem to be more interested in USC then their own program. Ask sooners if we stayed on their board for 5 months after the orange bowl.

If you posed the same question on one of your boards (likly wont be that entertaining becuase you guys like to be in a heavily moderated and sheltered enviornment) I am sure some sooners and aggies would say things you would not agree with. Some teams in the Pac-10 might not like our success, but they respect use holding up the pac-10.

There is a difference. The M-Zone has been welcoming and with good humor to USC fans. They were solidly behind us in the billboard and lsuoverusd "problems." While they are being humorous with the current USC difficulties, it is not malevolent like the lsuoverusc site. USC and Michigan have a rich history in securing the future of the Rose Bowl and there really never has been any animosity among their respective fans. Just compare the two sites and you'll see.

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